Hi all:

  I think the flack over Don's work is context rather than content. For example, if Tom Savini did not do
special effects for horror movies and instead put out a site or video that featured nothing but teens dying in the most graphic
manner, some controversy would be generated. Take that same argument and apply it to Don's site. If his works appeared in
full length B movies (no more than six effect shots (like Savini's physical effects)), I don't think there would be any controversy,
apart from the nudity aspect.

The fact is, and I know I am preaching to the converted, that Don's digital effects (particularly the manipulation of the image to
produce impact tremors) has never been done before, and if so, not to his level of perfection. I've been so impressed by it that
I'd love to see this artistry brought to the mainstream.

This brings me to my situation. Before the Winnipeg Police came onto the scene, I was doing research on B movie markets and
happened across several of the fetish movie sites. I also discovered Perfect Shots Video. I am a film producer. I say this
knowing it sounds self-important but fact is fact. Until two years ago, I had several projects in preproduction with one nearly
getting made five years ago. It was the cost of 35mm film production that was the major stumbling block, which lead me to
explore shooting and editing on tape. I am currently producing a feature which will go before the cameras early Spring of this
year. Though this feature does not have any need for Don's effects, my next project does. It will also bring Don's effects to the
mainstream audience as this second project will have a broader appeal beyond the fetish audience, while still retaining a lot of
interest for that latter group.

I think once Don's own story gets out without media commentary (I've seen the sensationalized television news report clip), a
lot of this flack will stop. But on the fetish side, the media has to remember this is fantasy. Those who do enjoy this
entertainment no doubt have no more control over it than those indulging in other fetishes. I also do not think they can be
explained away. I was at the Chiller convention last year to see other producers works and spoke to Gary at W.A.V.E., Tina
Krause at Fracture Films's booth, and G-man himself. And there is not a psychotic maniac amongst the lot. To be sure, there
are people who can't distinguish fantasy from reality -- you see them on the evening news. But as has been brought out on this
site by Don and others, their influences can be found anywhere, from talking dogs to the book Catcher in the Rye.

I'll only add that I hope this nonsense comes to an end and no further embarrassment and aggravation comes to Don and
his family.
T. Crichton